Monocyte activation in HIV/HCV coinfection correlates with cognitive impairment.

Coinfection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) challenges the immune system with two viruses that elicit distinct immune responses. Chronic immune activation is a hallmark of HIV infection and an accurate indicator of disease progression. Suppressing HIV viremia by a...

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Main Authors: Hans Rempel, Bing Sun, Cyrus Calosing, Linda Abadjian, Alexander Monto, Lynn Pulliam
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3578833?pdf=render